Hours per week: Flexible part time work between 0-6 hours per week. Ideally 2 half days (3hrs each) per week for 6 months. Exact hours to be agreed with successful candidate, depending on availability and needs of the project.

Hobs Moat Courtyard Garden

The main purpose of this role is to develop and manage waste and recycling for The Real Junk Food project across all venues in Birmingham, including an exit strategy and succession plan once the Love Brum funding for this role is exhausted, via a handover to a self-supporting team of volunteers. A secondary, but very important element to the job, is educating the public and volunteers about composting, foraging, waste management, and recycling – we envisage this taking place in the form of forest school-type environments and foraging walks.The successful candidate will be responsible for working across all TRJFP Brum sites and devising a strategy to efficiently manage waste and recycling from the project, liaising with and motivating volunteers to help us in this process, including the beautification/maintenance of any composting/recycling facilities at each venue.

To be considered for this role you must have a keen interest in recycling, composting, and gardening, experience of working in an educational capacity (this can be voluntary experience), and experience of working with or managing volunteers.

Kings Heath Garden Beds

It is essential that you have access to your own vehicle for visiting different sites and transporting items between them.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to the aims of TRJFP Birmingham. Please refer to our website for more information. You will need to have a flexible approach to working, be empathetic and solution focussed; someone who enjoys working at a fast pace with a variety of tasks; who is self-managed with a strong work ethic; who has a positive outlook and a ‘can do’ attitude and is a completer / finisher.

If you feel you meet the criteria above and would like to apply for this role please send a CV (no more than 2 A4 sides) and covering letter explaining why you think you’d be suitable to trjfp.brum@gmail.com.